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  1. Alto, B.W., Wiggins, K., Eastmond, B., Ortiz, S., Zirbel, K., & Lounibos, L.P. 2018. Diurnal temperature range and chikungunya virus infection in invasive mosquito vectors. J. Med. Entomol. 55:217-224. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjx182
  2. Ayers, V.B., Huang Y-J S, Lyons A.C., Park S.L., Higgs S., Kohl A., Alto B.W., Unlu I., Blitvich B.J., & Vanlandingham D.L. 2018. Culex tarsalis is a competent vector species for Cache Valley virus. Parasites and Vectors 11: 519. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3103-2
  3. Bellamy, S.K., & Alto, B.W. 2018. Mosquito responses to trait and density mediated interactions of predation. Oecologia 187: 233-243. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-018-4107-5
  4. Benedict M.Q., Charlwood J.D., Harrington L.C., Lounibos L.P., Reisen W.K., & Tabachnick W.J. 2018. Guidance for evaluating the safety of experimental releases of mosquitoes, emphasizing mark-release-recapture techniques. Vec.-borne & Zoon. Dis. DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2017.2152
  5. Burford Reiskind M.O., Labadie P., Bargielowski I., Lounibos L.P. &  Reiskind M.H.  2018. Rapid evolution and the genomic consequences of selection against interspecific mating. Molec Ecol. DOI: 10.1111/mec.14821
  6. Burkett-Cadena, N.D. & Vittor, A.Y., 2018. Deforestation and vector-borne disease: forest conversion favors important mosquito vectors of human pathogens. Basic and Applied Ecology, 26:101-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2017.09.012
  7. Burkett-Cadena ND, Hoyer I, Blosser E, Reeves L. Human-powered pop-up resting shelter for sampling cavity-resting mosquitoes. 2018. Acta Tropica, Dec 2018.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.12.002
  8. Burkhalter, K.L., Wiggins, K., Burkett-Cadena, N. & Alto, B.W., 2018. Laboratory evaluation of commercially available platforms to detect West Nile and Zika viruses from honey cards. J. Med. Entomol. 55:717-722. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjy005
  9. Cook, C.L., Huang, Y-J.S., Lyons, A., Alto, B.W., Unlu, I., Higgs, S., & Vanlandingham, D.L. 2018. North American Culex pipiens and Culex quinquefasciatus are competent vectors for Usutu virus. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis. 12(8): e0006732. https://doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0006732
  10. Diaz, A., Coffey, L. L., Burkett-Cadena, N., & Day, J. F. (2018). Reemergence of St. Louis Encephalitis Virus in the Americas. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24:2150-2157. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2412.180372
  11. Duguma D, Hall M.W., Smartt C.T., Debboun M., Neufeld J.D. 2018. Microbiota variations in Culex nigripalpus disease vector mosquito of West Nile virus and Saint Louis Encephalitis from different geographic origins. PeerJ 6:e6168. https://doi.org/10.7717%2Fpeerj.6168
  12. Estep A., Sanscrainte N.D., Waits C.M., Bernard S.J., Lloyd A.M., Lucas K.J., Buckner E.A., Vaidyanathan R., Morreale R., Conti L.A., & Becnel J.J. 2018. Quantification of permethrin resistance and kdr alleles in Florida strains of Aedes aegypti (L.) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse). PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases12(10): e0006544. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006544.
  13. Erram, D. & Burkett-Cadena, N., 2018. Laboratory studies on the oviposition stimuli of Culicoides stellifer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), a suspected vector of Orbiviruses in the United States. Parasites & Vectors, 11:300-311. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2891-8
  14. Gabay-Laughnan, S., Settles, A. M., Hannah, L. C., Porch, T. G., Becraft, P. W., McCarty, D. R., Koch, K. E., Zhao, L., Kamps, T. L., Chamusco, K. C., & Chase, C. D. 2018. Restorer-of-Fertility Mutations Recovered in Transposon-Active Lines of S Male-Sterile Maize. Genes, Genomes, Genetics (G3) 8:291-302. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300304
  15. Glushakova, L.G., Alto, B.W., Kim, M.S., Wiggins, K., Eastmond, B., Moussatche, P., Burkett-Cadena, N.D., & Benner, S.A., 2018. Optimization of cationic (Q)-paper for detection of arboviruses in infected mosquitoes. J. Virological Met. 261: 71-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2018.08.004
  16. Honorio N.A., Carrasquilla M.C., Bargielowski I.E., Nishimura N., Swan, T., & Lounibos L.P. .2018.  Male origin determines satyrization potential of Aedes aegypti by invasive Aedes albopictus. Biol. Invas. 20:653–664. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1565-3
  17. Honório, N.A., Wiggins, K., Câmara, D.C.P., Eastmond, & Alto, B.W. 2018. Chikungunya virus competency of Brazilian and Florida mosquito vectors. PloS Negl. Trop. Dis. 12(6):e0006521. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006521.
  18. Kang, S., Shin, D., Noh, M. Y., Peters, J. S., Smartt, C. T., Han, Y. S., & Hong, Y. S. (2018) Optimization of double‐stranded RNAi intrathoracic injection method in Aedes aegypti. Entomological Research, 48: 269–278. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-5967.12300.
  19. Kernbach, M.E., Miller, J.M., Hall, R.J., Unnasch, T.R., Burkett-Cadena, N.D., & Martin, L.B., 2018. Light Pollution Increases West Nile Virus Competence in a Ubiquitous Passerine Reservoir Species. bioRxiv, p.269209. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1051
  20. Lounibos L.P., & S.A. Juliano 2018.Where vectors collide: the importance of mechanisms shaping the realized niche for modeling ranges of invasive Aedes mosquitoes. Biol Invas. 20:1913–1929. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1674-7
  21. McGregor, B.L., Runkel, A.E., Wisely, S.M., & Burkett-Cadena, N.D. 2018. Vertical stratification of Culicoides biting midges at a Florida big game preserve. Parasites and Vectors 11: 505-516. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3080-5
  22. McGregor, B.L., Stenn, T., Sayler, K.A., Blosser, E.M., Blackburn, J.K., Wisely, S.M. and Burkett‐Cadena, N.D., 2018. Host use patterns of Culicoides spp. biting midges at a big game preserve in Florida, USA, and implications for the transmission of orbiviruses. Med. Vet. Entomol. https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.1233
  23. Merrill, M.M., Boughton, R.K. Lord, C.C., Sayler, K.A., Wight-Penabade, B., Anderson, W.M. & Wisely, S.M. 2018. Wild pigs as sentinels for hard ticks: a case study from south-central Florida. Int. J. Parasitol. 7:161-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2018.04.003
  24. Oforka L.C., Adeleke M.A., Anikwe J.C., Hardy N.B., Mathias D.K., Makanjuola W.A., & Fadamiro H.Y. 2018. Poor genetic differentiation but clear cytoform divergence among cryptic species in Simulium damnosum complex (Diptera: Simuliidae). Sys Entomol 43:123-135. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12256
  25. Reeves, L.E., Holderman, C.J., Blosser, E.M., Gillett-Kaufman, J.L., Kawahara, A.Y., Kaufman, P.E. &  Burkett-Cadena, N.D., 2018. Identification of Uranotaenia sapphirina as a specialist of annelids broadens known mosquito host use patterns. Communications Biology, 1,92:1-8. DOI: 10.103896-5
  26. Reeves L.E., Gillett-Kaufman J.L., Kawahara A.Y., Kaufman P.E. 2018. Barcoding blood meals: New vertebrate-specific primer sets for assigning taxonomic identities to host DNA from mosquito blood meals. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 12: e0006767. https://doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0006767
  27. Reeves L.E., Avery M.L., Krysko K.L., Gillett-Kaufman J.L., Kawahara A.Y., Kaufman P.E. 2018. Interactions between exotic Burmese pythons, Python bivittatus, and native mosquito communities in Florida. PLOS ONE 13: e0190633. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190633
  28. Reeves L.E., Bremer J.S., & Hoyer I.J. 2017. New county records for a tropical fruit-piercing moth, Eudocima apta (Walker, 1858), in Florida: A potential agricultural pest (Lepidoptera: Calpinae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 27: 21-25. https://ia802508.us.archive.org/1/items/tropical-lepidoptera-research-104880-100773/tropical-lepidoptera-research-104880-100773.pdf
  29. Russell, J.A., Campos, B., Stone, J., Blosser, E.M., Burkett-Cadena, N., & Jacobs, J.L., 2018. Unbiased Strain-Typing of Arbovirus Directly from Mosquitoes Using Nanopore Sequencing: A Field-forward Biosurveillance Protocol. Scientific Reports, 8:5417 (1-12). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23641-7
  30. Sloyer, K. E., Wisely, S. M., & Burkett-Cadena, N. D. (2018). Effects of ultraviolet LED versus incandescent bulb and carbon dioxide for sampling abundance and diversity of Culicoides in Florida. J. Med. Ent. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjy195.
  31. Smartt, C. T., Shin, D., Kang, S., & Tabachnick, W. J. (2018). Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) From Florida Transmitted Zika Virus. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9:768. http://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00768
  32. Steinwasher, K. 2018. Competition among Aedes aegypti larvae.  PLoS ONE 13(11): e0202455. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202455
  33. Stenn, T., Peck, K.J., Rocha Pereira, G., & Burkett-Cadena, N.D. 2018. Vertebrate Hosts of Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) as Potential Vectors of Zika Virus in Florida. J. Med. Entomol.  https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjy148.
  34. Swan T, Lounibos, L.P, & Nishimura, N. 2018. Comparative oviposition site selection in containers by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Florida. J. Med. Entomol. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjy034.
  35. Uysal, A.K., Martin, L.B., Burkett-Cadena, N.D., Barron, D.G., & Shimizu, T., 2018. Simulated viral infection in early-life alters brain morphology, activity and behavior in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Physio. and Behav. 196:36-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.08.004
  36. Wiggins, K., Eastmond, B., & Alto, B.W. 2018. Transmission potential of Mayaro virus in Florida Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus. Med. Vet. Entomol. 32: 436-442. https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12322
  37. Yaren, O., Alto, B.W., Bradley, K., Moussatche, P., Glushakova, L., & Benner S. 2018. Multiplexed isothermal amplification based diagnostics platform to detect Zika, chikungunya and dengue-1. J. Vis. Exp. Mar. 13; (133) doi: 10.3791/57051.
  38. Zhao, L. ; Alto, B. W. ; Shin, D; Yu, F. 2018. The effect of permethrin resistance on Aedes aegypti transcriptome following ingestion of Zika virus infected blood. Viruses 10:470. https://doi.org/10.3390/v10090470
  39. Zhao, L., Alto, B.W., Smartt, C.T., & Shin, D. 2018. Transcription profiling for defensins of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) during development and in response to infection with chikungunya and Zika viruses.  J. Med. Entomol. 55: 78-89. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjx174
  40. Zirbel, K., & Alto, B.W. 2018. Maternal and paternal nutrition in a mosquito influences offspring life histories but not infection with an arbovirus. Ecosphere 9: 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2469
  41. Zirbel, K., Alto, B.W., & Eastmond, B. 2018. Parental larval diet influences life history traits and dengue virus infection of offspring in Aedes aegypti. R. Soc. Open Sci. 5: 180859. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180539.
  42. Zohdy S., Morse W.C., Mathias D.K., Ashby V., &  Lessard S. 2018. Rediscovery of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in southern Alabama following a 26-year absence and public perceptions of the threat of Zika virus. J Med Entomol.  https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjy050).